Our Place on Earth (cont'd)

The first place to start formulating what would be truly an African come-back story is not to treat Africa as a country, like the rest of the world carelessly does in an afterthought. Africans must treat Africa as it is, a continent with many countries and Africans as individuals first, who then have their families and reside in homes that make up their localities, which when put together make up their villages, towns and nations. It is only in properly defining the micro aspects of African live that her macro problems can be properly identified and addressed fully. That is the scientific approach that has disciplined all the specialties that now serve the world well, serve modern life well, and propel progress.

After acknowledging and recognizing the political organization of Africa and the natural organization of its people, we Africans must put forward our best effort to perform in the only piece of earth that truly belongs to us. Africans can no longer wait on France, Britain, China, USA, Band Aid, Foreign Aid, IMF and World Bank to build our roads, bridges, hospitals, stadia etc., which should by right and honor be addressed by Africans. Any other outside party can only help at best, and without proper minding and supervision, can actually hurt that which it professes to serve. This is important because the old narrative that accompanied the
de-humanization of the continent and its people is still alive and well as was recently demonstrated when President Nicolas Sarkozy of France speaking in Dakar, Senegal at the end of July said: “The African peasant only knows the eternal renewal of time, rhythmed by the endless repetition of the same gestures and the same words ... in this imaginary world where everything starts over and over again, there is no place for human adventure or for the idea of progress."

It is in response to this African Project - the task of rebuilding Africa: all of the nations that constitute her, including our very own nation - that The Frontier Telegraph newspaper has gone through a period of reorganization and restructuring to come back a more effective tool in the service of its readership.

The Frontier Telegraph comes back prepared to provide service that betters its readers understanding of the world they live in. We will make it our duty and responsibility to empower our readers with information and analyses that they can use to make the right decisions in their personal lives, community lives, business lives and their national lives. In this information age, any initiative, no matter at what level it is starting, must be properly informed for any type of success to be expected.

The Frontier Telegraph understands that its readership need to know who is talking to who, what they are talking about, who was talking to who yesterday to make today what it is, and if possible what they must do, given the facts and the truths to make a better tomorrow. We believe that one person can make a difference and that we all count. If Africans must act right at home, they must be globally informed. We will provide our readers the means to talk back and take initiatives to create a better Africa and world that we so desperately need now. We will do so in the spirit of promoting virtues and challenging vices.

The Frontier Telegraph will seek to inform and inspire so that our scientists can do effective science; our teachers can teach truthful and relevant lessons; our doctors, nurses and their patients be more cognizant of their roles in maintaining a healthy and strong population; our legislators can legislate effective empowering laws that organize and prepare our society to be prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have set a very ambitious goal for The Frontier Telegraph. We will work hard to fulfill it and in the process earn your trust, respect, loyalty and support in defining our place on earth as a people and as a nation.